Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31001, Jacob Dunbar, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Dunbar, Jacob
S 31001
CONTENTS

N o 18246 Maine
Jacob Dunbar of Woburn Co. in the State of Maine who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Cushing of the Regt. commanded by Col. Rice in the Mass. Troops time for 1 year
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 40 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 d day of August, 1833 and sent to B. R. Jones Dennysville Me.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 80.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 6 Sep 1833 20.00 $ 100.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown
Clerk
Book E.
Vol. 1
Page 11

Jacob Dunbar No 49 application for a pension. —

State of Maine
County of Washington ss.
On this Twenty Sixth day of January,
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three  three personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Judge of the Court of Probate now sitting at Pembroke in and for said County, Jacob Dunbar a resident of Pembroke in said County, aged Ninety one years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th, A. D. 1832.
THAT he was born at Hingham in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts on the Twenty eighth day of October A. D. 1741, and that there is a record of his birth, as he believes, in the Town Books at Hingham : that he was in the United States service from the later part day of April A. D. 1775, to the later part day of December A. D. 1775 as a Private in the Infantry
: that he was residing at Hingham aforesaid immediately  on the  day  when he entered the service; that he Marched as a volunteer on the 19 th of April 1775 on the night  after the  Lexington battle  as far as Roxbury, and returned to Hingham after one or two days a few days afterwards } and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Captain Jotham Loring at first; and afterwards, (when Captain Loring was promoted) under the command of Captain Charles Cushing who succeeded him in the command : that he marched from Hingham to Cambridge where the Head Quarters of the army was then established : that he served with
of the regular troops; and Colonel Grayton & Leut. Colonel Rice regular officers were known to him: that he was in the battle
and at the end of his service received a discharge at Cambridge : that he left the service on or about the last of December 1775 and that since the Revolutionary war he has resided at Hingham until the summer of 1797- and from that time to the present, in the place where he now resides
ALSO: that he was in the United States service from the month day of December A. D. 1777, to the month  month  day of April A. D. 1778 as a Private in the Infantry , that he was residing at Hingham aforesaid when he entered the service; that he, enlisted for the term of Four months and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Captain Charles Cushing
: that he marched from Hingham to Boston , and from thence to Dorchester point , this was during the time that the Prisoners taken with General Burgoyne were at Cambridge : that he served with
of the regular troops; and
regular officers were known to him: that he was in the battle
that at the end of his service he received a discharge at Dorchester and left the service on latter part of April 1778 as aforesaid -
ALSO: that he was in the United States service from the day of  day of A. D. 17 , to the month  month  day of  day of A. D. 17 as a Private in the Infantry  Infantry , that he was residing at Hingham when he entered the service; that he and served for the period aforesaid under the command of
: that he marched from
: that he served with
of the regular troops; and
regular officers were known to him; that he was in the battle
that at the end of his service he received a discharge and left the service on

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Jacob Dunbar
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first aforesaid.
John Dickinson Judge
We Benjamin R. Jones
and Warren Gardner
residing in the Town of Edmunds residing in Pembroke
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jacob Dunbar who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be ninety one years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Benjamin R. Jones
Sworn and subscribed as aforesaid.
Warren Gardner
John Dickinson Judge
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certify that it appears to them that Benjamin R. Jones who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Justice of the Peace resident in the Town of Edmunds; and that Warren Gardner — who has also signed the same is a resident in Pembroke and an credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Washington
John Dickinson Judge
I Aaron S. Raymond Regt of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Jacob Dunbar — for a pension.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the day and year first aforesaid.
Aaron S. Raymond Regt Probate

Certificate for Jacob Dunbar forwarded by Benj. H. Jones Dempseyville, Washington msm

We Herman Nickerson A clergyman residing in Pembroke and Jonas Farnworth, Postmaster, residing in the same place hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Mr Jacob Dunbar of Pembroke who has subscribed and sworn to a Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832; that we believe him to be Ninety one years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution; and that we concur in that opinion
Herman Nickerson
State of Maine, County of Washington ss. On the 3 day of June A.D. 1833
Personally appeared before me, Benjamin R. Jones Esq. one of the Justices of the Peace and Quorum, for said County, the Reverend Herman Nickerson and Jonas Farnworth Esq. and made oath to the truth of the preceding Certificate by them signed in my presence, and it appears to me, the said Justice, that the said Herman Nickerson is a clergyman residing in the town of Pembroke, and that the said Jonas Farnworth is a resident and Post master in the same town, and that their state- ment is entitled to credit.
Benjamin R. Jones, Justice of the Peace
I. Zadok Hearsey, of Pembroke aged eighty one years, do certify and say, that I have been personally acquainted with Jacob Dunbar now of said Pembroke, referred to in the above Certificate, for more than sixty years; that he served in the same Company with me at Cambridge for the term of eight months, from April to December inclusive, in the year 1775 as a soldier of the Revolution, and that I know him well during the whole of said term of service, under Captain Melvin & Charles Cushing
Zadok Hearsey
State of Maine, Washington ss. Pembroke June 3 d 1833
Then personally appeared before me the subscriber, one of the Justices of the Peace within & for the said County of Washington, Zadok Hearsey of Pembroke, to me well known, and made solemn oath to the truth of the above Certificate by him subscribed in my presence, and I hereby certify that the said Zadok Hearsey is a person of undoubted veracity, and that his statement is entitled to full credit.
Benjamin R. Jones, Justice of the Peace
I. Mary Gardner of Pembroke aged sixty eight years do testify & say, that I well remember, that when I was about fourteen or fifteen years old, my Father Mr Jacob Dunbar then living in Hingham informed his family that he had enlisted, to go to Boston, to keep the British off from the Town, that my mother & my aunt wept very much on account of his going a soldiering. I also remember that he had been gone some months, before several years before, I remember that he went the second time and was gone two or three months
Mary Gardner
Sworn to and subscribed the 3 day of June A.D. 1833
Before me Benjamin R. Jones, Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Mrs. Mary Gardner the signer of the above Certificate. That I believe her to be the daughter of Jacob Dunbar the applicant for a pension referred to in the annexed declaration, and a person of strict veracity, and that her statement is entitled to credit.
Benjamin R. Jones, Justice of the Peace

The following interrogatories were propounded to Jacob Dunbar an applicant for a Pension under the Act of Congress of the 7 th of June 1832) by the Honorable Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Washington at a Court of Probate held at Pembroke on the 26 th day of January last past, and the answers in substance were then embodied in the Declaration of said Applicant, and they are now written in full, in the presence of said Dunbar, in compliance with the rules and regulations of the War Department.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
Answer, In Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, on the 28 th of October 1748.
2. Have you any record of your age? where is it?
Answer, My Age is Recorded in the Hingham Town Book, I had it in an old Bible, but I know not where it is now.
3 Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you live now?
Ans, I was living at Hingham when I entered the service; since the Revolutionary war I resided in Hingham until the summer of 1797, and from that to the present time in the place where I now am, formerly a part of Dennysville now Pembroke in Washington County, State of Maine.
4. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute.
Answer I volunteered for each term as stated in my declaration.
5 th State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the troops when you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service.
Answer, I served in Colonel Grayson's Regiment at Cambridge. I know Lieut Colonel Rice, I also remember having seen General Washington, General William Heath and General Putnam at Cambridge, during my eight months service at Cambridge. I do not remember any Continental Troops or officers while I served in Boston and Dorchester points, my service in the four months enlistment was to guard the Town of Boston while the Prisoners taken with General Burgoyne were at Cambridge, I do not know of any one who can testify to their personal knowledge of my service except Mr. Zadok Hearsey who served with me in Cambridge.
6 th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service.
Ans, I never received any written discharge, we were all called together when our time was out, and dismissed on parade, I never knew any militia men to be discharged any other way.
7 th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
Ans r The Honorable Theodore Lincoln son of Major General Benjamin Lincoln of the Revolutionary Army, Ebenezer C. Wilder Esq & Mr. Theophilus Wilder, & Mr. Warren Gardner all between 60 & 70 years of age have resided for the most of their lives in my neighborhood.
Jacob Dunbar
State of Maine, County of Washington ss.
Sworn to and subscribed the 3 rd day of June 1833
Before me
Benjamin R. Jones, Justice of the Peace

State of Maine
Washington ss
I A. L. Raymond Clerk of the Judicial Court within and for the County of Washington certify that Benjamin R Jones is a magistrate as he has in the annexed papers subscribed, and the signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set the seal of the Court and subscribed my name this fifth day of June in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eighteen hundred & thirty three.
Aaron L Raymond Clerk of the Court Washington County

24556
Jacob Dunbar Washington Co. Maine
Admitted
12 mo's
40.-
Benj. R. Jones. Dennysville Washington Co. Maine

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Jacob Dunbar Washington Co. Marine
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Apr 1775 " 8 " Priv. Capt. Loring Lieut. Col. Rice Col. Grayton Genl. C. Rice None Mass. 91 years Plymouth Tradition   1777 " 4 " " Capt. Loring " " " 60 Mass.  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops. 2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 3. Persons employed in the Naval service. 4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of _____ &c.
 If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. 
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman , residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this                      day of                      &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (1) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?  6. { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deponeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
Joseph Rowan

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
September 21, 1928.
Florence Garvin, City Hall, Independence, Missouri.
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 31001 , it appears that Jacob Dunbar was born October 28, 1741 at Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
While residing at said Hingham, he marched on the Lexington alarm and in a few days enlisted and served eight months as a private in Captains Jotham Loring's and Charles Cushing's Company, Colonel Greaton's Massachusetts Regiment; and enlisted in December 1777, and served four months as private in Captain Charles Cushing's Massachusetts Company.
He was allowed pension on his application executed January 26, 1833, at which time he was living at Pembroke, Washington County, Maine.
His daughter, Mrs. Mary Gardner was sixty-eight years old in 1833 and living in Pembroke, Maine. There are no further family data.

The above noted Jacob Dunbar or Dunbarr is the only soldier of that name found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN, Acting Commissioner.
COPIED BY ADY

31001 Rev INVALID.
File No. 31,001
Jacob Dunbar Rev Rev
Act: June 7 th 32 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 116
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1928 Sept. 21 - H. C. ...

CO-OPERATIVE EXTENSION WORK
IN
AGRICULTURE AND HOME ECONOMICS STATE OF MISSOURI
College of Agriculture University of Missouri U. S. Department of Agriculture County Court of Jackson County and Jackson County Farm Bureau Co-Operating
INDEPENDENCE, MO. November 21, 1927.
Agricultural Extension Service County Agent and Home Economics Agent Work
Pension Commissioner, War Department, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
In trying to find the Revolutionary War record of one Jacob Dunbar, from Massachusetts, I have written to the Secretary of the Commonwealth for information and he has referred me to you.
There seem to have been two men of this name living in adjoining towns at the same time, and I am hoping to find that mine will have a Revolutionary Record.
My chart shows that my Jacob Dunbar was born in Bridgewater, March 8, 1730, and married, on July 8, 1756 Hannah Randall, born October 14, 1745, died at Bridgewater July 5, 1775. His second wife was Thankful Thayer, to whom he was married October 11, 1776. in 1727.
Jacob was the son of Elisha Dunbar, born Hingham October 21, 1699, died 1773, and Mercy Hayward, born April 29, 1702, to whom he was married in 1727.
Elisha Dunbar was the son of Peter Dunbar, born September 6, 1668.
Hannah Randall was the daughter of Robert Randall born Taunton, December 13, 1705, died 1783, and Ann Pratt born March 30, 1705, died May 2, 1760, to whom he was married February, 1731.
I am enclosing a letter from the Secretary, and am hoping to find that my Jacob was in the Revolution.
Cordially yours,
Florence Carvin (Miss) Florence Carvin.